Sentences with phrase «new heart surgery patients»
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«Power of Prayer Flunks Unusual Test — NEW YORK — In the largest study of its kind, researchers found that having people pray for heart bypass surgery patients had no effect on their recovery.
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In recent years, the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, has made the repair safer: Physicians place a new valve in the heart via a catheter inserted through the patient's leg, which results in less injury and an easier recovery than open heart surgery.
A new study led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators finds that heart failure patients who underwent bariatric surgery to treat morbid obesity had a significant reduction in the incidence of heart failure exacerbation — a dangerous, sudden worsening of symptoms — in the two years following surgery.
«The system means patients with aortic valve disease who are considered high risk for surgery, now have a new option,» said Deepak Vivek, MD, interventional cardiologist and director, Orlando Health Heart Institute Valve Center.
Researchers followed 187 patients who received a new valve by undergoing a transcatheter procedure or open - heart surgery to receive a new valve.
We see new cardiac care units going up in these countries; the wealthy receive high - tech interventions like stents and surgery, but the average heart patient is not able to get the low - tech basics that work well in cardiac rehab.»
Story number 1: A new study found that praying for heart surgery patients had no effect on the patient's medical outcomes.
NEW YORK (November 18, 2014)-- The addition of mitral valve (MV) repair (a valve of the heart) to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a type of open - heart surgery, did not result in significant benefit to the patient and was associated with increased risk of neurological events.
On a sunny weekday afternoon, Mehmet C. Oz, MD, the renowned 49 - year - old heart surgeon (vice-chairman and professor of surgery at Columbia University and director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York — Presbyterian Hospital), co-author of five best - selling books in the You series, YOU: The Owners Manual, YOU: The Smart Patient, YOU: On a Diet, You: Staying Young, and You: Being Beautiful — and newly minted host of his own nationally syndicated daytime talk - show, The Dr. Oz Show — drove out to the Carrolls home in Ridgewood, New Jersey, to help the family turn things around.
¥ Coordinated care efforts with physicians and support staff for transplant patients ¥ Worked in the cardiac care unit and monitored patients following heart surgery ¥ Ensured that patients were properly prepared for scheduled surgeries ¥ Assisted with bed side cardioversions and chest tube insertions ¥ Trained new nursing staff at the request of the Nursing Manager ¥ Provided incision care and treated wound infections.